Mrs. Holcomb's Science Class

Monday, November 15, 2010

2010-11-16T08:47:00.000-06:00

5th Grade - Energy Review
6th Grade - Hidden Energy Uses
7th Grade - Texas Our Texas
8th Grade - Work, Force & Motion Review

Friday, November 12, 2010

2010-11-16T08:39:00.000-06:00

5th Grade - Energy Review
6th Grade - Energy Resources Pkt
7th Grade - Natural Disasters Pkt
8th Grade - Review Pkt - Work, Force & Motion

Thursday, November 11, 2010

2010-11-16T08:36:00.000-06:00

5th Grade - Energy Packet
6th Grade - Energy Resources Pkt
7th Grade - Read Section 6 in text, Section 6 Review pg 290, Workbook pages 98 &99
8th Grade - Work, Force & Motion Pkt

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

2010-11-16T08:33:00.001-06:00

5th Grade - Light Energy
6th Grade - Natural Resources
7th Grade - Natural Disasters
8th Grade - Newton's Laws

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

2010-11-16T08:31:00.000-06:00

5th Grade - Forms of Energy, WS - It's Shocking!
6th Grade - Nuclear Energy
7th Grade - Natural Disasters
8th Grade - Newton's Laws Practice

Monday November 8, 2010

2010-11-16T08:29:00.000-06:00

5th Grade - Forms of Energy
6th Grade - Renewable Resources
7th Grade - Masters of Disaster
8th Grade - Newton's 3rd Law Lab, Essay Why Rules Should be followed.

Friday November 5, 2010

2010-11-16T08:20:00.000-06:00

5th Grade - Lights and Electromagnets
6th Grade - Energy Resources
7th Grade - Factors Impacting the Environment
8th Grade - Newton's 3rd Law

Thursday, November 4, 2010

2010-11-05T09:19:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Electric Circuit
6th Grade - Energy & Fossil Fuels
7th Grade - Pep Rally
8th Grade - Pep Rally

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

2010-11-05T09:15:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Forms of Energy
6th Grade - Energy Resources
7th Grade - 6 Weeks TEST
8th Grade - 6 Weeks TEST

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

2010-11-05T09:10:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Air & Force - Hover crafts
6th Grade - 6 Weeks TEST
7th Grade - 6 Weeks Review
8th Grade - 6 Weeks Review

Monday, November 1, 2010

2010-11-05T09:08:00.002-05:00

5th Grade - Net Force & Balanced Force
6th Grade - Test Review
7th Grade - Complete TEST
8th Grade - Force & Motion

Friday, October 29, 2010

2010-11-05T09:07:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Force
6th Grade - Review Elements, Compounds and Change
7th Grade - TEST 4-1, 5-1 & 11-1
8th Grade - Spinners Down

Thursday, October 28, 2010

2010-10-28T15:24:00.000-05:00

It has been a while since I last posted, I am truly sorry. Things have been very busy. I promise I will try to post on a more regular basis in the future.

Monday, October 25, 2010
5th Grade - Properties of Matter
6th Grade - Observing Change Lab
7th Grade - Plant Observations
8th Grade - Speed

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
5th Grade - Study for Properties of Matter TEST
6th Grade - Observing Change Lab
7th Grade - Seeds
8th Grade - Speed and Work pkt - homework

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
5th Grade - Short class, properties of matter
6th Grade - Observing Change Lab
7th Grade - Study Force, Motion and Energy!!
8th Grade - Rolling up Lab

Thursday, October 28, 2010
5th Grade - Properties of Matter TEST
6th Grade - Observing Change Lab/Review
7th Grade - Force, Motion and Energy game show review
8th Grade - Looking at Friction

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

2010-09-28T16:58:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Density Lab
6th Grade - Particles of Matter, Workbook 1-3
7th Grade - Digestion, Workbook 1-2
8th Grade - Pouring a Gas Lab

Monday, September 27, 2010

2010-09-28T16:57:00.001-05:00

5th Grade - Density
6th Grade - Major Moh's Wrap Up
7th Grade - Elements & Compounds
8th Grade - Chemical Properties Workbook 1-3

Friday, September 24, 2010

2010-09-28T16:54:00.002-05:00

All classes Six Weeks TEST

Thursday, September 23, 2010

2010-09-28T16:53:00.003-05:00

5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades - Six Weeks Review

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

2010-09-28T16:52:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Conductor/ Insulator Review
6th Grade - Major Moh's
7th Grade - Compounds and Elements
8th Grade - Elements & Periodic Table Review

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

2010-09-21T18:22:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Conductor/Insulator Packet
6th Grade - Chapter 1 Sec 2 Workbook (Girls); Major Moh's (Boys)
7th Grade - Chapter 1 Sec 1 Workbook
8th Grade - Chapter 1 Sec 3 Workbook

Monday, September 20, 2010

2010-09-21T18:20:00.000-05:00

5th Grade- Electricity Conductors & Insulators
6th Grade - Major Moh's (Girls) - Test Corrections (Boys)
7th Grade - Elements/Chemical & Physical Changes
8th Grade - Periodic Table Scavenger Hunt

Friday, September 17, 2010

2010-09-21T16:34:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Conductors/Insulators Heat
6th Grade - Matter TEST
7th Grade - Flow of Energy TEST
8th Grade - Periodic Table Patterns

Thursday, September 16, 2010

2010-09-21T16:30:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Matter TEST
6th Grade - Study for TEST
7th Grade - Study for TEST
8th Grade - Periodic Table Patterns

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

2010-09-15T20:54:00.001-05:00

5th Grade - Study for Matter TEST- Test on Thursday
6th Grade - Describing & Measuring Matter - Test on Friday
7th Grade - Composting - Test on Friday
8th Grade - Periodic Table Foldable

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

2010-09-15T20:51:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Matter Review
6th Grade - Study guide - Matter
7th Grade - Study guide - Flow of Energy
8th Grade - Atomic structure/Periodic Table WS- due Thursday

Monday, September 13, 2010

2010-09-13T19:47:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Matter Review
6th Grade - Workbook Strategies and Corrections
7th Grade - Food Web packet/ Photosynthesis Corrections (Homework)
8th Grade - Do I Belong?

Friday, September 10, 2010

2010-09-13T19:45:00.002-05:00

5th Grade - Magnetism
6th Grade - Calculate Density
7th Grade- Photosynthesis Evaluation Due - Food Web/Food Chain
8th Grade - Periodic Table - Atom Project Due Monday

Thursday, September 9, 2010

2010-09-13T19:44:00.000-05:00

5th- Physical/Chemical Change WS (Homework)
6th - Measuring Matter
7th - Flow of Energy
8th - Periodic Table

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

2010-09-08T16:12:00.002-05:00

5th Grade - Magnetism, Let It Flow (Worksheet) Homework
6th Grade - Measuring Matter
7th Grade - Photosynthesis Evaluation Due Friday
8th grade - Electrons & Periodic Table

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

2010-09-08T08:59:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Solid as a Rock worksheet - homework
6th Grade - Matter & Energy Workbook 1-1
7th Grade - Photosynthesis Evaluation due Friday- Create a paragraph explaining photosynthesis using the given pictures and words.
8th Grade - Electron Clouds - create a model of an atom (assigned a certain element) must be 3-D

Friday, September 3, 2010

2010-09-07T09:09:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - States of Matter Foldable
6th Grade - Alike or Different Lab write up
7th Grade - Photosynthesis worksheet
8th Grade - Atoms packet

Thursday, September 2, 2010

2010-09-07T09:06:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - States of Matter, Properties of Matter
6th Grade - Alike or Different Lab
7th Grade - Photosynthesis
8th Grade - Elements Packet

September 1, 2010

2010-09-01T17:56:00.000-05:00

5th Grade- Matter
6th Grade- Properties of Matter
7th Grade - Leaf Structure and Function - Homework
8th Grade - Atoms

August 31, 2010

2010-09-01T17:54:00.002-05:00

5th Grade - Lab Safety TEST
6th Grade- Identify key terms/ideas of matter in journal
7th Grade - Photosynthesis
8th Grade - Atoms

Monday, August 30, 2010

2010-08-30T17:07:00.000-05:00

5th Grade - Lab Safety Review, Study for TEST on Tuesday
6th Grade - States of Matter
7th Grade - Flow of Energy Vidoes & Quiz
8th Grade - What's inside & Power of 10

Friday, August 27, 2010

2010-08-27T15:49:00.000-05:00

This week has been AWESOME!!! Thank you for all of your hard work!

5th Grade- Study for Lab Safety, Lab Safety TEST on Tuesday, Bring your journal back on Monday
6th Grade- Lab Safety TEST today
7th Grade- Lab safety TEST today
8th Grade- Lab Safety TEST today

Thursday, August 26, 2010

2010-08-27T08:06:00.000-05:00

Sorry I am posting this first thing Friday morning. This year the blog is new and I am trying to incorporate it into my daily routine. My goal is to have it posted in the afternoons on the day of the assignment.

5th Grade- Finished taking notes on Lab Safety
6th Grade- Lab Safety Symbols- Test on Friday
7th Grade - Lab Safety Symbols - Test on Friday
8th Grade - Lab Safety Symbols - Test on Friday

Wednesday August 25, 2010

2010-08-25T15:58:00.000-05:00

All classes today went over lab safety and began putting items into their science journal.

Tuesday August 24, 2010

2010-08-24T16:23:00.000-05:00

5th Grade- Set up their journals and took a tour of the Science Lab.
6th Grade Girls- Set up their journals and began taking notes on lab safety.
7th Grade-Lab Safety review and packet (not homework)
8th Grade- Lab Safety review and packet (not homework)
6th Grade Boys- Lab Safety review and packet (not homework)

WELCOMBE BACK!!!!

2010-08-23T15:49:00.001-05:00

Monday 8-23-2010
Homework for all classes:
Read your Tioga Lab Safety Guidlines (yellow paper)
Read and sign your Tioga Lab Safety Contract (white paper) Your parents must sign this too!